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Asian Americans Are True Internationalists

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Running Numbers by Libby Berry

More so than any other racial or ethnic group, Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Americans want the United States to play an active part in global affairs.

students walk past a display for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at Farmington High School
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Public Opinion

The Conflict Cannot End until Ukraine Is Part of the West

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POLITICO EU
Ivo H. Daalder

“The question is when and how,” writes Council President Ivo Daalder.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, right, meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Chigi Palace, Government's office, in Rome
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US Foreign Policy

Mexico's GM Corn Ban Is about More Than Biotech

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Global Food for Thought by Kailey Griffith

Mexico's threat to ban GM corn presents an opportunity to re-evaluate agricultural norms in the United States and address inequities in trade.

Central Illinois farmers deposit harvested corn on the ground outside a full grain elevator in Virginia, Ill.
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Food and Agriculture

The Biden Administration Is Still Flying Blind on Latin America

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"At best, one could say that US policy toward Latin America is a piecemeal and inconsistent amalgam of sporadic attempts at engagement," Paul Poast writes.

President Joe Biden hosts a working lunch with heads of state and government during the Ninth Summit of the Americas
The White House
US Foreign Policy

Summit in Seoul, Victory Day, Syria Joins Arab League

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Nirmal Ghosh, Stefan Kornelius, and Philip Stephens join guest host Carla Anne Robbins to discuss the week's top news stories.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
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Global Politics

Erdogan Lashes out at Rival as Voters Prepare to Go to the Polls

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NPR's Morning Edition
Sibel Oktay

Erdogan's standing is in large part due to the government's controlling of the media and silencing opposition, argues Sibel Oktay.

Erdogan pointing to the right holding a microphone
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Global Politics

Why the Goals of the War Look Different in Kyiv

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

While many in the West see the outcome of the war as determined by military action and shifts in battlefield positions, in Ukraine, long term integration with the West is the most important goal.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, talk during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 20, 2023.
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Defense and Security

The Nexus between Collaboration and Agricultural Development

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Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

Collaboration across generations, communities, and political parties is pivotal to agricultural development and youth engagement.

Two young people examine a plant in a lab. Food and Agriculture

How an Aging Population and Fiscal Conservatism Are Shaping ROK Defense Spending

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NK News
Karl Friedhoff

Seoul has balanced between domestic concerns and external threats, Karl Friedhoff writes, but economic realities now threaten the equilibrium.

President Yoon tours a South Korean naval base
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Defense and Security

The Global Gold Rush Imperils the Brazilian Amazon

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NPR
Robert Muggah

Economic instability has increased the price of gold as Brazilian President Lula da Silva attempts to crack down on illegal mining threating the Amazon.

Illegal Brazilian mining in the Amazon.
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Climate and the Environment